Booksmart: film review
Booksmart, screened in advance at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM), follows the adventures of academic over-achievers
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Halston: film review
Documentary about Roy Halston Frowick, a country boy from Iowa, who in the 1970s transformed himself into a superstar fashion designer.
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The Sisters Brothers: film review
The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) presented a live interview with John C. Reilly followed by a screening of his recent film The Sisters Brothers. In conversation, Reilly explains his penchant for buddy films. Not needing the spotlight, he is more comfortable playing off his co-star. Looking back at his career that’s obvious, examples…
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WILD ROSE: film review
Premiering at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM), Wild Rose gives the audience someone to cheer for. Lead actress Jessie Buckley sings her heart out as aspiring Glasgow country singer Rose Lynn. Did you ever notice that country singers always have the middle name, Lynn? Anyway, Rose Lynn has a lot of obstacles…
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San Francisco International Film Festival
Wild Rose tells the story of a country singer from Glasgow working her way up towards stardom. Intrigued? That’s just one of 163 films screening and some 100 participating filmmaker guests at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) April 10-23. Not only that, we’re talking about the longest-running film festival in the Americas. Sounds like a…
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Film Review: NEVER LOOK AWAY
A master of storytelling, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, best known for award-winning films, The Lives of Others (2006) and The Tourist (2010), brings us Never Look Away, the story of an artist struggling to find his voice while living in Dresden under Nazi occupation. Loosely based on the artist Gerhard Richter, there is not…
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Mother & Child Film Review
An oasis amongst the summer film dreck, Mother & Child, is another fine offering by Rodrigo Garcia , (Nine Lives), who just happens to be the son of famed author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. This is no mere chick flick, which it is, but it’s so much more. The film introduces us to three diverse women…
